The Lady Bisons made a strong second half push, but came up short in a 54-51 loss to Atlantic Sun foe North Florida in Jacksonville Thursday night.

In the first half the Lady Bisons were down 18-9 with 10:15 left to play. From 8:04 to 5:10 neither team scored a point. The Lady Bisons broke the shooting drought when forward Rachel Davis connected on a jump shot in the lane to pull within five at 22-17.

With 3:13 left in the first half the Lady Bisons trailed 28-18. They trailed 30-23 at intermission.

In the second half the Lady Bisons pulled within three at 30-27 when Jilian Partin connected on a jump shot at 18:39.

With 12:37 remaining in the game Davis fired up a 3-pointer to cut the North Florida lead to two at 36-34.

With 9:25 left Penny Jones scored on a lay-up to tie the game at 40-40.

Point guard Catie Woods went to the line with 48 seconds left and hit the first of two free throw attempts to tie the game at 51-51.